Band-cutter.



No. 734,304; PATENTED JULY 21, 1903;

T. E. UREGELIUS. BAND CUTTER. APPLICATION .FILBD JAN. 22, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE,

. NOVELTY COMPANY,

SOURI.

OF ST. LOUIS,.MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MIS- BAND-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters IEatent No. 734,304, dated July 21, 1903.

Application filed January 22, 1903. Serial No. 140,102. (No model.)

band-cutters, and has for its object to pro vide a band-cutter with an adjustable rotatable cutting member. I

In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side view of the band-cutter embodying my invention. Fig.

2 is a transverse sectional view of the cutting members along the line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

The handles 3 and 4t are pivotally connected by the bolt 5. The handle 3 terminates inthe hook 6, and upon the inner face of the jaw 6 I have provided the cutting edge 7, which is set into the recess 8 and mounted therein by means of rivets9. Upon the end of the handle ithe cutting-disk 10 is mounted. The cutting-disk 10 is of the form shown in section in Fig. 2, having a concentric circular depression 11 upon-its lower face, the object of the depression'll being to accommodate the cutting-disk 10 to the wear occasioned by the friction between itsbitingsurface and the cutting edge 7. The cuttingdisk 10 is rotatably mounted upon the handle 4 by means of an axle 11 formed as shown in section in Fig. 2 and provided with the threaded end 12, which is screwed through the corresponding threaded opening 13 in the handle 4 and locked in position by means of a nut 14. Proper lateral play for the adjustment of the axle 11 is provided by means of the circular recess 15 in the handle 4. The washer 16 is provided to fit upon the outer faces of the axle 11 and cutting-disks 10, and through it the screw 17 passes and is secured into the opening 18 in the 'axle'll which is threaded to receive it. As the cutting-surface of the cutting-disk 10 becomesworn the,

axle 11 is adjustable by means of the screw 12 and nut 14, so as to bring the cutting edge 7 into contact with the cutting-surface of the cutting-disk 10.

The mode of operation of my band-cutter is as follows: The handles 3 and 4 are drawn apart to carry the cutting-disklO away from contact with the'cutting edge 7. The pointed end of the cutting edge 7 is then inserted beneath the band to be cut and is slid thereunder until the band is arrested and held by the notch 19. The handles 3 and 4 are then brought together, and the band is out by the impact of the cutting-disk 10 and the cutting edge 7.

The utility of the concentric circular depression 11 upon the lower face of the cutting-disk 10 is to accommodate the wear, as hereinbefore set forth, permitting the worn face of the disk 10 to be accurately brought down to contact with the cutting edge 7 by tightening the screw 12. Were the disk 10 not so provided with the depression 11, the wear upon its lower surface would tend to bevel its edge outwardly and away from the cutting edge 7, rendering the disk 10 incapable of adjustment.

7 Having thus described my invention, what I claim as-new, and desire to have secured to me by the grant of Letters Patent, is'

1. A band-cu tter comprising pivotally-conjnected handles, a cutting edge carried by the outer end of one of the handles and a laterally-adjustable cutting-disk mounted upon the other handle, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. A band-cu tter com prising pivotally-connected handles, acutting edge carried by the outer end of one of the handles and a laterally-adjustable cutting-disk mounted upon the outer end of the otherhandle, the cutting edge being provided with a notch adapted to receive and hold the band which is to be cut.

3. In a band:cutter, a cutting-disk'mounted upon the outer end of oneof thehandles, the disk being beveled toward its base, and

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE E. CRECELIUS.

Witnesses:

F. M. GRUNDMAN, E. E. LONGAN. 

